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Region 3

The following counties under Region 3 include projects that consider development within the natural protections afforded by the region’s robust barrier islands, for the most effective protection of coastal residents and industries.

Map of Region 3

Region 384 Counties: Aransas, Kenedy, Klebarg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio

Aransas County
  • Goose Island State Park Habitat Restoration and Protection: R3-1
    This project would build upon recent construction of a living reef made of oyster shell just offshore of the project site at Goose Island State Park. Specifically, the project would provide shoreline and habitat protection for the critical estuarine wetland habitat that makes up 25 acres of Goose Island State Park through the construction of 2,000 feet of living shoreline along the rapidly eroding shoreline on the western side of St. Charles Bay. The project would include close to a quarter of an acre of restoration activities, such as transplanting marsh grasses, for the wetland habitat.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: 99,607
    Leveraged amount funded: 42,277
    Leveraged funding sources: CMP
    Total amount funded: 141,884
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Dr. Jenni Pollack (TAMU-CC) is PI on construction of a living reef made from oyster shell just off shore from the project site.
  • Fulton Beach Road Protection: R3-2
    The project would construct up to 4 miles of breakwaters along Fulton Beach in Aransas County. The project would include regrading and filling along the shoreline with vegetative plantings to establish a living shoreline system. The project has been designed and is permitted. The project would build upon previous shoreline stabilization and ecosystem restoration components.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 94,500
    Leveraged funding sources: Aransas County; CMPCMP
    Total amount funded: 94,500
    Total estimated cost: 3,102,384
    Project comments: Post-storm damage assessment. E&D, county can get on with living shoreline implementation. To be completed Spring 2021
  • Shell Point Ranch Wetlands Protection: R3-5
    This project would acquire approximately 400 acres of coastal habitats that support coastal prairie, freshwater and estuarine wetlands, and the southernmost extents of mima mounds at Shell Point Ranch. After successful completion of this project, it would be optimal to protect additional areas north and east of Shell Point through acquisitions or conservation easements to provide a contiguous wildlife corridor to benefit whooping cranes and increase coastal land preservation.
    Project status: acquisition pending
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: This project would acquire approximately 400 acres of coastal habitats that support coastal prairie, freshwater and estuarine wetlands, and the southernmost extents of mima mounds at Shell Point Ranch.
  • Lamar Beach Road Protection: R3-6
    Under this project, approximately 1 mile of breakwaters would be installed along Lamar Beach Road, from Main Street to 12th Street in Aransas County. The project also would include regrading and filling along the shoreline, and marsh planting to establish a living shoreline system.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 5,629,700
    Leveraged funding sources: FEMA HMGP (4,214,775),  TDEM State (1,053,694), Private Sources (361,231)
    Total amount funded: 5,629,700
    Total estimated cost: 5,629,700
    Project comments: Phase 1 of 1. Project applies to the post-storm damage assessment category. Total cost: $5,629,700 ($5,234,444 for construction; $385,256 for E&D)
  • Flour Bluff Living Shoreline: R3-7
    This project would create approximately 1.5 miles of living shoreline to act as a buffer between Laguna Shores Road and the highly erosional shoreline of Laguna Madre, along the eastern shoreline of Flour Bluff.
    Project status: E&D
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: FHWA & City of Corpus Christi
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: 3,400,000
    Project comments: The MPO is seeking $110,770 (design) toward a total project budget of $311,750.  A total of $200,980 will be leveraged as in-kind match. Total estimated cost: $3.4 M ($2.9 M for construction, $0.5 M for E&D)
  • Newcomb's Point Shoreline Stabilization: R3-8
    Newcomb's Point is located northeast of Copano Bay. This project would place shoreline stabilization at Newcomb's Point to help protect the valuable habitat from threats of erosion. Potential solutions could include creating a living shoreline that would protect the shoreline from erosion, such as a semi-submerged breakwater with vegetation behind it to allow the shoreline to accrete and stabilize naturally.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. Bay. This project would place shoreline stabilization at Newcomb’s Point to help protect the valuable habitat from threats of erosion.
  • Little Bay Restoration Initiative: R3-21
    This project would restore Little Bay, a shallow, enclosed bay with approximately 420 acres of surface area, to a natural, vegetated state. The project would include four tasks to address these issues: (1) Dredge Little Bay to a depth of 9 feet to restore to historical conditions; (2) Beneficially use dredged material to restore two rookery islands and create vegetative habitat for black skimmers, reddish egrets, least terns and other birds that forage, loaf, and nest near Little Bay; (3) Plant 4 acres of new vegetative marsh habitat; and (4) Widen, realign and extend Blevins Channel - one of the two outlets connecting Little Bay with Aransas Bay.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 13,784,378
    Leveraged funding sources: FEMA HMGP (10,338,747); TDEM (2,584,069); Aransas County Navigation District (861,562)
    Total amount funded: 13,784,378
    Total estimated cost: 13,784,378
    Project comments: Phase 1 of 1. Project addresses coastal nonpoint source pollution. Volumetric increase of Little Bay circulation capacity will yield dredged material for reconstruction of rookery islands within the bay. Total Cost: $13.78M ($12.2M construction)
  • Copano Bay Oyster Reef Restoration: R3-27
    Using the success of Half Moon Reef as a blueprint, The Nature Conservancy is spearheading a new large-scale (45-acre) oyster reef restoration project in Copano Bay, north of Rockport. Half of the new oyster reef will be designated as a marine sanctuary, and the other half will be open for commercial harvesting. This project is currently funded with National Resource Damage Assessment resources and is under construction; however, more funding would be beneficial to build out the engineered footprint that has been designed. The project would include 3 years of post-construction monitoring.
    Project status: monitoring
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 5,300,000
    Leveraged funding sources: NRDA (5,300,000)
    Total amount funded: 5,300,000
    Total estimated cost: 5,300,000
    Project comments: Construction was completed in June 2019. Now in 3 year monitoring phase.  60 acres of reef cultch were placed, half being small easily harvestable cultch and the other half being larger reef rows designed to provide habitat and resiliency. Total cost: $5.3M
Kenedy County
  • Baffin Bay Watershed Monitoring and Management Plan: R3-25
    The Baffin Bay Watershed Monitoring and Management Plan would guide restoration efforts aimed at reducing pollutants to the watershed streams and bay. This project would support all phases of plan development, including additional bay and watershed data collection, land use and load modeling, outreach to engage landowners and businesses in the stakeholder process, and improvement of stewardship practices. And finally, assembly of the watershed plan itself. The same stakeholder group also is working to secure funding for "early phase" targeted restoration activities.
    Project status: shovel ready
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 300,000
    Leveraged funding sources: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (300,000)
    Total amount funded: 300,000
    Total estimated cost: 2,500,000
    Project comments: Project is for development of a watershed protection plan; addresses coastal nonpoint source pollution. Anticipated start date- June 2020. Multidisciplinary team of researchers to quantify nutrient loadings to Baffin Bay; Look at surficial, groundwater/benthic and atmospheric sources; Attempt to identify the main source(s) of nutrients to the watershed. Total Estimated Cost: $2.5M
Kleberg County
  • Tern Island and Triangle Tree Island Rookery Habitat Protection: R3-12
    This project would protect two rookery islands, Tern Island and Triangle Tree Island, in the Upper Laguna Madre from erosion by constructing protective structures, such as shoreline armoring for each island. This project would be considered Phase 1 and would include feasibility, preliminary engineering, alternatives analysis, final design and permitting. Phase 2 would cover the construction phase. Opportunities to include beneficial use of dredged material during the construction would be pursued.
    Project status: E&D
    GLO amount funded: 115,000
    Leveraged amount funded: 1,634,000
    Leveraged funding sources: CBBEP (24,000), USFWS (50,000), GOMESA (1,560,000)
    Total amount funded: 1,749,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Triangle Tree:  engineering/design is currently underway and is being funded by CEPRA and USFWS; construction will be funded by CEPRA/GOMESA     Tern:  Feasibility and alternatives analysis will be funded by CMP Cycle 25. Total cost (triangle tree only):$1.75M
  • Coastal Bend Gulf Barrier Island Conservation: R3-19
    In 2015, Nueces County acquired property on North Padre Island approximately 4 miles southwest of the causeway. There are several ongoing restoration efforts at the site, including eradicating approximately 12 acres of invasive Brazilian Pepper Trees, implementing a prescribed burn management plan, and re-purposing an old impacted well pad site to establish burrowing owl habitat. Nueces County completed a Habitat Land Use Management Plan for the property to guide future conservation efforts that included input received during public meetings from regulatory agencies, non-governmental organizations and the general public. The acquired property has three immediate needs: (1)Repairing a large blow out in the dune system. During and after the dune restoration process, data will be collected to inform future repairs. (2)Restoring damaged wetlands from human use activities, such as driving through jurisdictional wetlands. (3)Invasive species control and post-control monitoring and removal.
    Project status: shovel ready
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 600,000
    Leveraged funding sources: Nueces County (100,000); GOMESA (500,000)
    Total amount funded: 600,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: This is a priority conservation area for CBBEP and staff are exploring opportunities to work w/ private landowners in the area.
  • Baffin Bay Watershed Monitoring and Management Plan: R3-25
    The Baffin Bay Watershed Monitoring and Management Plan would guide restoration efforts aimed at reducing pollutants to the watershed streams and bay. This project would support all phases of plan development, including additional bay and watershed data collection, land use and load modeling, outreach to engage landowners and businesses in the stakeholder process, and improvement of stewardship practices. And finally, assembly of the watershed plan itself. The same stakeholder group also is working to secure funding for "early phase" targeted restoration activities.
    Project status: shovel ready
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 300,000
    Leveraged funding sources: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (300,000)
    Total amount funded: 300,000
    Total estimated cost: 2,500,000
    Project comments: Project is for development of a watershed protection plan; addresses coastal nonpoint source pollution. Anticipated start date- June 2020. Multidisciplinary team of researchers to quantify nutrient loadings to Baffin Bay; Look at surficial, groundwater/benthic and atmospheric sources; Attempt to identify the main source(s) of nutrients to the watershed. Total Estimated Cost: $2.5M
Nueces County
  • Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Dagger Point Shoreline Preservation: R3-3
    The project is located along the San Antonio Bay shoreline side of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in an area known as Dagger Point. This project would install a living shoreline using rock breakwaters to preserve this area. The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuary Program is working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct an alternatives analysis and complete the preliminary engineering, alternatives analysis, final design and permitting for protection of 1.5 miles of shoreline at Dagger Point. Stakeholders are seeking funding for construction of the shoreline restoration and protection.
    Project status: under construction
    GLO amount funded: 97,500
    Leveraged amount funded: 20,718,000
    Leveraged funding sources: USFWS Hurricane Harvey Recovery (20,468,000), Coastal Conservation Association (250,000)
    Total amount funded: 20,815,500
    Total estimated cost: 20,815,500
    Project comments: The project is Phase 1 & will result in engineering, design & permits needed for Phase 2. The Estimated Cost of $780,000 is for engineering, design, and permitting. The cost for construction will be much higher, $20M. Construction phase may involve BUDM
  • Portland Living Shoreline: R3-4
    The project would create a living shoreline near southwest Portland to prevent shoreline erosion and enhance wetland habitats. The living shoreline would include a shoreline stabilization structure, such as a rock breakwater, in addition to nature-based components, such as wetland plants, to mitigate the effects of erosion.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Establishing a Stakeholder Team to start planning the Project.
  • Indian Point Marsh Area Living Shoreline: R3-9
    The Indian Point Marsh Area (IPMA) is located on the limits of the City of Portland. This project would design living shorelines using breakwaters on the southwestern side of the marsh area at IPMA. This would include new geotechnical surveys, topo-bathymetric surveys, permitting and construction drawings.
    Project status: E&D
    GLO amount funded: 170,000
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: 170,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: The Trustees recently completed construction of the remaining 6 breakwater structures east of the pier.  CEPRA constructed the initial shoreline revetment and two breakwater structures several years ago.
  • Long Reef and Deadman Island Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Protection: R3-10
    Long Reef and Deadman Island present good options for rookery island restoration in the Aransas Bay System. This project would fund feasibility, preliminary engineering, alternatives analysis, final design and permitting work. An additional phase of the project could fund the construction of the enhancements to Long Reef and Deadman Island.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: 4,350,000
    Project comments: The proposed project is considered Phase 1 and will result in the engineering, design, and permits need to proceed to the construction phase (Phase 2). No funding sources have been identified. The Estimated Total Cost ($350,000) is for engineering, design, and permitting and estimated cost for construction is $4 mil.  Construction phase will most likely involve beneficial use of dredge material.
  • Shamrock Island Restoration - Phase 2: R3-11
    This project would install 900 feet of breakwaters, fill a breach into one of the interior wetlands and lagoon, and install a feeder mound to help stabilize the breach fill around the rookery island. The project is partly funded, and the damaged portion of the project site is currently being reengineered to better withstand coastal storms using this funding. The beach nourishment mound is shovel-ready once full funding becomes available. The project would be monitored for three years following construction to assess its physical and ecological impacts on the coastal ecosystem.
    Project status: completed
    GLO amount funded: 655,406
    Leveraged amount funded: 1,185,699
    Leveraged funding sources: The Nature Conservancy (100,000); RESTORE (1,085,699)
    Total amount funded: 1,841,105
    Total estimated cost: 1,841,105
    Project comments: This project was partially completed in 2016 (3 of 4 parts done). North beach fill was blown out during Harvey. Funds are being secured for a phase 3 which will complete the 4th part of the project. Total Cost: $1.84 mil
  • Dagger Island Shoreline Protection: R3-13
    Dagger Island, located within the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area (RBSSA), is immediately north of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) and east of the Ingleside peninsula. The RBSSA contains prime habitat for fisheries, submerged seagrass beds, oyster reefs, mangroves, and wetlands that are valuable habitat for fish and avian species. This project is currently permitted.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 3,924,000
    Leveraged funding sources: TPWD, NFWF-GEBF, CMP, TPWD
    Total amount funded: 3,924,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Building the living shoreline that will be behind breakwater being built by NFWF and DU. Currently ongoing
  • Causeway Island Rookery Habitat Protection: R3-14
    The proposed design for protection of Causeway Island would include constructing a segmented rock breakwater around the perimeter of the Island. The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuary Program has an ongoing partnership with the Port of Corpus Christi to beneficially place dredged material on the island. The design for this project is already funded to create and restore the habitat periodically to mitigate relative sea level rise. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for this project was received in March 2018. The project is considered shovel-ready.
    Project status: ongoing
    GLO amount funded: 42,000
    Leveraged amount funded: 2,698,000
    Leveraged funding sources: CBBEP(28,000); GOMESA (2.67M)
    Total amount funded: 2,740,000
    Total estimated cost: 2,914,000
    Project comments: This project is permitted, and CBBEP will be using CEPRA-Cycle Completed funds to complete final engineering and construction. Total cost: $2.91 M
  • Nueces River Delta Shoreline Stabilization: R3-15
    The project would include the construction of breakwaters along approximately 3,900 linear feet of shoreline at the Nueces River Delta to dissipate wave energy that is causing estuarine wetland loss. This project was permitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in October 2016 and the project is considered shovel-ready. Coordination is ongoing with the Port of Corpus Christi regarding the possibility of beneficially using dredged material in this area.
    Project status: shovel ready
    GLO amount funded: 1,000,000
    Leveraged amount funded: 3,367,720
    Leveraged funding sources: NFWF GEBF (3,327,300); Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (40,420)
    Total amount funded: 4,367,720
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: E&D and permitting were completed in Phase 1. Construction is considered Phase 2. CBBEP has received funding for final engineering and construction from NFWF-Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund.  Final E&D and construction to begin in 2020.
  • Nueces County Hydrologic Restoration Study: R3-16
    An adaptive management hydrologic restoration study would look at the interactions of the physical systems that affect the hydrology in Nueces County, as well as the stakeholder interactions in the region. Work has been conducted on Nueces Bay freshwater inflows via adaptive management plans of the Senate Bill 3 (80th Texas Legislature, 2007) Environmental Flows Process. Two current studies include: Using Comparative Long-Term Benthic Data for Adaptive Management of Freshwater Inflow to Three Estuaries (Colorado-Lavaca, Guadalupe, and Nueces) and Influence of Freshwater Inflow Gradients on Estuarine Nutrient-Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Three Estuaries (Guadalupe, Nueces, and Upper Laguna Madre).
    Project status: study
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 235,000
    Leveraged funding sources: TWDB (235,000)
    Total amount funded: 235,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: An adaptive management hydrologic restoration study would look at the interactions of the physical systems that affect the hydrology in Nueces County,
  • Packery Channel Nature Park Habitat Restoration - Phase 2: R3-20
    This project would include constructing a living shoreline using a revetment matting design along the natural slope of the shoreline at the Packery Channel Nature Park, extending the 'No Wake Zone' to protect ecologically sensitive habitats and building an elevated boardwalk for public access. A key element of the project would be to collect monitoring data on how bird populations are responding to the restored habitat. Nueces County would continue to work closely with federal and state biologists to enhance the broader Coastal Bend's natural resources, and respond to the needs of the migratory bird populations that use the site.
    Project status: E&D
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: 2,500,000
    Project comments: This project would include constructing a living shoreline using a revetment matting design along the natural slope of the shoreline at the Packery Channel Nature Park. Total Est. Cost is $2.5M
  • Restore Barrier Island Bayside Wetlands on Mustang Island: R3-22
    This project would restore the estuarine wetlands on the bayside of Mustang Island. This would be accomplished by depositing beneficial use of dredged material, incorporating planting, and possibly constructing rock breakwaters as needed to protect habitats from wave forces.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. This project would restore the estuarine wetlands on the bayside of Mustang Island.
  • Port Aransas Nature Preserve Stabilization and Restoration: R3-23
    The recommended improvements under this project include: repairing breaches in the ship channel revetment on northern Mustang Island; constructing living shorelines coming off the ship channel near existing rock revetments to protect mangrove habitat; rebuilding marsh and wetland habitat; repairing the Charlie's Pasture bulkhead that was damaged during Hurricane Harvey; repairing public access; and permitting this site for beneficial use of dredged material to elevate the land. There is a potential to leverage Federam Emergency Management Agency-Public Assistance funding for this project. The engineering work has been initiated.
    Project status: permitted
    GLO amount funded: 496,127
    Leveraged amount funded: 4,465,145
    Leveraged funding sources: FEMA (4,465,145)
    Total amount funded: 4,961,272
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: At the first breach on the Ship Channel, more of the bulkhead has broken off creating a larger opening.  Erosion is now occurring at an even faster rate. The City is trying to obtain emergency funding for a temporary erosion control structure while we work on getting funding obligated from FEMA.    City engineers and consultants are currently working on a USACE NWP for habitat restoration of the land lost due to the breach in the ship channel.
  • Corpus Christi Bay Wastewater, Stormwater Quality and Pollution Management Improvements: R3-24
    This project would involve the implementation of community education programs, trash capture devices, street cleaning and development planning in the communities around Corpus Christi Bay. These types of improvements require funding to prevent future water quality issues in the bay. There also are opportunities to increase the capacity at the wastewater treatment plant in the City of Corpus Christi. This project would both identify necessary improvement(s) and provide opportunities for implementation.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. This project would involve the implementation of community education programs, trash capture devices, street cleaning and development planning in the communities around Corpus Christi Bay.
  • Corpus Christi & Nueces Bays Oyster Reef Restoration: R3-26
    Under this project, locations in the Coastal Bend area that have been identified through existing habitat suitability index models would be selected to restore degraded oyster reefs. The project would include data collection and monitoring activities to assess the viability of future oyster reef restoration efforts in the Coastal Bend bays.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. Under this project, locations in the Coastal Bend area that have been identified through existing habitat suitability index models would be selected to restore degraded oyster reefs.
Refugio County
  • Guadalupe Delta Estuary Restoration: R3-17
    The project would restore river flows to the terminal end of the Guadalupe River delta and create a living shoreline to protect the delta from sediment depletion and erosion. The project would involve partial damming of Traylor's Cut to redirect most of the river flow and sediment into the original course of the river. It also would entail constructing a living shoreline by placing oyster shell-filled mesh bags on the terminal end of the delta to slow the rate of delta shoreline erosion, while also allowing sediment transport during high river flows.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. The project was proposed by the San Antonio Bay Foundation.  The Bay Foundation was dissolved in 2019.  Therefore this project no longer has a sponsor.  GBRA is not willing to be the sponsor at this time. 
  • Guadalupe River and Delta Wildlife Management Area Acquisition: R3-18
    This project would acquire additional land within the Guadalupe River and Delta Wildlife Management Area corridor to connect tidal marsh from the upper reaches of Hynes Bay to the Wildlife Management Area in Refugio County.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. This project would acquire additional land within the Guadalupe River and Delta Wildlife Management Area corridor to connect tidal marsh from the upper reaches of Hynes Bay to the Wildlife Management Area in Refugio County
  • Copano Bay Oyster Reef Restoration: R3-27
    Using the success of Half Moon Reef as a blueprint, The Nature Conservancy is spearheading a new large-scale (45-acre) oyster reef restoration project in Copano Bay, north of Rockport. Half of the new oyster reef will be designated as a marine sanctuary, and the other half will be open for commercial harvesting. This project is currently funded with National Resource Damage Assessment resources and is under construction; however, more funding would be beneficial to build out the engineered footprint that has been designed. The project would include 3 years of post-construction monitoring.
    Project status: monitoring
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: 5,300,000
    Leveraged funding sources: NRDA (5,300,000)
    Total amount funded: 5,300,000
    Total estimated cost: 5,300,000
    Project comments: Construction was completed in June 2019. Now in 3 year monitoring phase.  60 acres of reef cultch were placed, half being small easily harvestable cultch and the other half being larger reef rows designed to provide habitat and resiliency. Total cost: $5.3M
San Patricio County
  • Indian Point Marsh Area Living Shoreline: R3-9
    The Indian Point Marsh Area (IPMA) is located on the limits of the City of Portland. This project would design living shorelines using breakwaters on the southwestern side of the marsh area at IPMA. This would include new geotechnical surveys, topo-bathymetric surveys, permitting and construction drawings.
    Project status: E&D
    GLO amount funded: 170,000
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: 170,000
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: The Trustees recently completed construction of the remaining 6 breakwater structures east of the pier.  CEPRA constructed the initial shoreline revetment and two breakwater structures several years ago.
  • Nueces River Delta Shoreline Stabilization: R3-15
    The project would include the construction of breakwaters along approximately 3,900 linear feet of shoreline at the Nueces River Delta to dissipate wave energy that is causing estuarine wetland loss. This project was permitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in October 2016 and the project is considered shovel-ready. Coordination is ongoing with the Port of Corpus Christi regarding the possibility of beneficially using dredged material in this area.
    Project status: shovel ready
    GLO amount funded: 1,000,000
    Leveraged amount funded: 3,367,720
    Leveraged funding sources: NFWF GEBF (3,327,300); Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (40,420)
    Total amount funded: 4,367,720
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: E&D and permitting were completed in Phase 1. Construction is considered Phase 2. CBBEP has received funding for final engineering and construction from NFWF-Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund.  Final E&D and construction to begin in 2020.
  • Corpus Christi Bay Wastewater, Stormwater Quality and Pollution Management Improvements: R3-24
    This project would involve the implementation of community education programs, trash capture devices, street cleaning and development planning in the communities around Corpus Christi Bay. These types of improvements require funding to prevent future water quality issues in the bay. There also are opportunities to increase the capacity at the wastewater treatment plant in the City of Corpus Christi. This project would both identify necessary improvement(s) and provide opportunities for implementation.
    Project status: conceptual
    GLO amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged amount funded: NONE
    Leveraged funding sources: NONE
    Total amount funded: NONE
    Total estimated cost: NONE
    Project comments: Conceptual project. This project would involve the implementation of community education programs, trash capture devices, street cleaning and development planning in the communities around Corpus Christi Bay.